Suellen Edwards interviewed by Bill Stephens [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 3791538
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Edwards, Suellen, 1955-
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, written permission is required for personal copies and public use for 10 years from the date of the interview.
- Description:
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- 2006
- 3 sound files (ca. 161 min.)
- Summary:
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Suellen Edwards born 1955, in Perth, W.A. talks about her family background; her childhood in Perth; commencing dancing at age 8; her early dance and stage training; Patricia Gardner; her entry into professional dancing; her role in the TVW7 Workshop; the pay rates at the time; her dance teaching activities; auditioning for Reg Priestman of Regmat Productions; Peter Norrish; her first show at the Wrest Point Casino, Hobart, for Regmat; early days in Hobart, living and working arrangements; the care and maintenance of the costumes; the roles of Reg Priestman and Mathieu Beauregard in the productions; the beginnings of her modelling career; Ruth Osborne; the differences in the choreography of Steve Reeser and Ruth Osborne; touring with the Regmat Shows; working at the Broadbeach Hotel, Gold Coast and the Chevron Hotel, Sydney; pay rates while touring; the status of the cabaret dancer; performing a number from “A Chorus Line” in Las Vegas with Michael Bennett in the front row; her decision to leave Regmat to dance in Paris; an appointment with Miss Doris to audition for the Moulin Rouge; the backstage culture at the Moulin Rouge.
Edwards discusses the differences between the Moulin Rouge and her Regmat experience; life at the Moulin Rouge; the costumes and footwear for dancers; her reasons for leaving the Moulin Rouge; her European modelling experiences; meeting her future husband Gerhardt; a television show in which she appeared in Geneva; auditioning for “Al Cazar de Paris” for The Desert Inn in Las Vegas; Wayne Newton; James Darren; the attitude of Las Vegas audiences to on stage nudity; returning to Australia to marry; going to Germany to work in the Fashion industry; her work as a choreographer; her work at the fashion expo; a fashion show she choreographed and directed for the men's textile industry in Germany; setting up a run list for a forthcoming major fashion show; a recruiting mission to New York; the birth of her second child (1990); returning to dancing as a teacher; how she choreographed for sporting guilds in Germany; why she returned to Australia after the breakdown of her marriage; enrolling in a course of Performing Arts Management at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA); the reasons for organising the Regmat Re-union in January 2006 and the outcome; her life at present.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on September 18, 2006 at Perth, W.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (6 p.) and corrected transcript (typescript, 78 leaves)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Stephens, Bill, 1936-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2006
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